The Video Game Soda Machine Project

The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery

April 3, 2019 decafjedi Barbie Games

Someone is out to sabotage the Battle of the Bands, and its up to Barbie to crack the case in The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery for PC. And where better to launch her investigation than the school’s vending machines? [Source]

Meanwhile, I did some detective work of my own and discovered several sound files from The Barbie Diaries tucked away in a folder on the CD-ROM. Allow me to introduce The Video Game Soda Machine Project’s first Soda Machine Soundscape…

Vending Machine Ambient Sound 1

Vending Machine Ambient Sound 2

Vending Machine Bill Feed

Vending Machine Button 1

Vending Machine Button 2

Vending Machine Button 3

Vending Machine Button 4

Vending Machine Button 5

Vending Machine Coin Drop 1

Vending Machine Coin Drop 2

Vending Machine Coin Drop 3

Are you not entertained? Well, what if I threw in a screenshot of some vending machines from the Game Boy Advance port of The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery?

Clover Heart’s: Looking for Happiness

April 2, 2019 decafjedi Clover Heart's: Looking for Happiness

If you’re searching for true joy in Clover Heart’s: Looking for Happiness for the PlayStation 2, might I recommend those soda machines in the background? [Source]

Gakuen Utopia: Manabi Straight! – Kirakira Happy Festa!

April 2, 2019 decafjedi Gakuen Utopia: Manabi Straight! - Kirakira Happy Festa!

For a visual novel about a not-so-distant future where Earth is on the verge of societal collapse due to decreased birthrates, Gakuen Utopia: Manabi Straight! – Kirakira Happy Festa! for the PlayStation 2 certainly has a cheerful title. Oh, and a soda machine too! [Source]

Triangle Again

April 2, 2019 decafjedi Triangle Again

Continuing the Video Game Soda Machine Project’s recent deep dive into Japanese visual novels, these soda machines are from Triangle Again, a musical adventure for the PlayStation 2. [Source]

6 Inch My Darling

April 1, 2019 decafjedi 6 Inch My Darling

There’s a drink machine outside your family’s liquor store in 6 Inch My Darling for the Sega Saturn. The game is called 6 Inch My Darling because it stars a tiny fairy named Etosera. No other reason.

Fizzy Frenzy

March 26, 2019 decafjedi Fizzy Frenzy

Fizzy Frenzy, a browser game where you play as a robot working at a soda factory, goes with a vending machine aesthetic for its main menu.

ISLAND

March 26, 2019 decafjedi ISLAND

You’ve washed ashore with amnesia in ISLAND, a visual novel for PC and PS4. Maybe a little caffeine will jog your memory. [Source]

Tokyo Chronos

March 26, 2019 decafjedi Tokyo Chronos

Genius physicist Yuria Tokogu gleefully speeds past a soda machine in Tokyo Chronos, a VR mystery set in a deserted, frozen-in-time Shibuya. I wish she’d pay closer attention to the road.